Irene Moving up U.S. East Coast

    This visible image of Hurricane Irene from the MODIS instrument aboard NASA's Aqua satellite was taken on August 26, 2011 at 18:05 UTC (2:05 p.m. EDT), when Hurricane Irene was off the Carolinas.

    The National Hurricane Center notes that some re-intensification is possible today and Irene is expected to be near the threshold between Category 2 and 3 as it reaches the North Carolina coast.

    Credit: NASA/GSFC/Jeff Schmaltz/MODIS Land Rapid Response Team

    For more information about Hurricane Irene go to: www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hurricanes/archives/2011/h2011...

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    1. ★

      kdgnu, Stefan Beckhusen, El_Eggar, WF&DT, and 25 other people added this photo to their favorites.

    2. RavenEcho (edward steven perry) (21 months ago | reply)

      Thanks NASA

    3. WF&DT (21 months ago | reply)

      holy cats

    4. texan photography (21 months ago | reply)

      cool shot

    5. agnesks (21 months ago | reply)

      amazing picture..

    6. RW ©™ [deleted] (21 months ago | reply)

      That does not look like good news at all. Cool shot, though.

    7. DarkAngelDay (21 months ago | reply)

      Very big, but cool photo

    8. Rafał P. (21 months ago | reply)

      Great!

    9. dodagp (21 months ago | reply)

      What a pity!
      Despite its peaceful name ...it is so catastrophic ...
      Irene=peace; Presumably,a euphemism to propitiate its hostile disposition.

    10. The guy with the purple car (21 months ago | reply)

      Wow.

    11. Charles Augustus (21 months ago | reply)

      Beautiful spiral....

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